James Gunn’s ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ and the hit BBC America series ‘Orphan Black’ tool honours of this weekends Hugo Awards, which were held at the 73rd World Science Fiction Convention in Spokane, Washington on Saturday (August 22).
Gunns movie adaptation of the comic book series took the award for Best Dramatic Presentation in the Long Form category.
‘Orphan Black’, which has been a solid performer on BBC America and BBC THREE here in the UK took the award for the second season finale episode ‘By Means Which Have Never Yet Been Tried’ in the Best Dramatic Presentation in the Short Form category.
The full list of winners at the 2015 Hugo Awards can be seen below:
Best Novel – The Three Body Problem, Cixin Liu, translated by Ken Liu
Best Novelette – The Day the World Turned Upside Down, Thomas Olde Heuvelt, translated by Lia Belt
Best Graphic Story – Ms. Marvel Volume 1: No Normal, written by G. Willow Wilson; illustrated by Adrian Alphona and Jake Wyatt
Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form – Guardians of the Galaxy
Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form – Orphan Black, ‘By Means Which Have Never Yet Been Tried’
Best Professional Artist – Julie Dillon
Best Semiprozine – Lightspeed Magazine
Best Fanzine – Journey Planet
Best Fancast – Galactic Suburbia Podcast
Best Fan Writer – Laura J. Mixon
Best Fan Artist – Elizabeth Leggett
John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer (a non-Hugo award) – Wesley Chu
